Farmers try to improve, rather than worsen, the climate crisis
Excellent piece in the Valley News this weekend about some farmers trying to figure out how to make agriculture part of climate improvement instead of climate degradation: Farmers are envisioning ways to harmonize the production of food and the sequestration of...N.H. month-long BioBlitz winds up
The month-long BioBlitz project (which I previewed here) has wound up with people taking pictures of almost 7,000 plants and animals in more than 100 communities as they explored local town-owned lands. NHPR has a quick recap.
Estimate: When it comes to CO2, Manchester airport takeoffs = 1/9 of all the cars in the state
A new online tool called Airport Tracker, a joint project by the non-profits International Council on Clean Transportation, ODI, and Transport and Environment, says annual takeoffs at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport produce as much CO2 as the annual pollution of...
It’s our biggest rooftop solar array! That’s not saying much in N.H.
The largest rooftop solar array in New Hampshire was unveiled on Wednesday and is going to make a big impact on the state. But not for the right reason. “Just to put it in perspective … these 3,400 panels will add an entire 1% to New Hampshire’s total fleet of...
Very big, high-tech-ish greenhouses are the future (and present) of New England salad greens
There’s nothing new about growing produce for New England markets inside a big greenhouse, but the huge expansion coming to Loudon’s high-tech hydroponic operation reflects not only the industry’s growth but also this unavoidable fact: California is a long way...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.